Truck Festival 2025 - first wave of names released
Sitting as the centrepoint of summer festival memories and a beloved home for fans of all ages, Truck Festival returns in 2025 with a stacked weekend experience that brings together the biggest names in indie and alternative music bursting with laugh-out-loud character. Becoming a true rite of passage and indisputably the best value festival ticket of the entire UK season, 2025 looks primed to be a landmark edition that welcomes Truckers into the Good Times (and that’s a guarantee).
2025’s lineup brings the heavy hitters - with festival anthems and a snapshot of the biggest bands in the UK right now. Fresh from a scorching headline arena tour, Kasabian head to Truck Festival with a live show that’s ready to shake the very ground beneath fans’ feet. One of the 21st century's most seminal bands, their storied career has seen them headline the largest stages going with cuts such as ‘Fire’, ‘L.S.F’, ‘Shoot The Runner’, ‘Empire’, ‘Underdog’, ‘Club Foot’ and more ready to light a fuse like no other. Led by the dynamic Serge Pizzorno, their latest era with new album ‘Happenings’ has welcomed the next exciting chapter for a band whose headline set is bound to be the perfect Saturday night party. Also bringing the party is Courteeners, fixed and focused with a live show that’s nothing short of electric. Across seven studio albums, Manchester’s finest have become a peerless force in modern guitar music - selling out huge outdoor fields and producing countless nights of iconic moments like few others can. Latest album ‘Pink Cactus Cafe’ stormed into the UK Albums Chart and ushers in a bold next step for a true festival favourite. Get front and centre for ‘Not Nineteen Forever’, ‘Are You In Love With The Notion?’, ‘Solitude Of The Night Bus’, ‘What Took You So Long?’, ‘The 17th’, ‘How Good It Was’ and more as Liam Fray leads Truck Festival 2025 into the night in style,
Marking a UK Festival Exclusive performance for 2025, Nothing But Thieves take the step to headline level when they headline their first UK festival at Truck Festival 2025. Combining soaring vocals, gut-punching darkness and bulldozer guitar hooks - Nothing But Thieves have become a true phenomenon as one of British music’s biggest breakthrough success stories of the past decade. Whether it’s huge arenas or stealing the show at festivals across the planet, they’ve welcomed an entire generation into their thrilling world - with latest album ‘Dead Club City’ seeing the band claim their first ever UK #1 Album embracing a bold new sound. In what will be the final show of their ‘Dead Club City’ World Tour, Nothing But Thieves ascend to festival headline status for a historic night only found at Truck 2025.
Indie icons. One of the most influential bands of their generation. Sell-out headline shows and storming new moments at every turn. It can only be Bloc Party, who make their long-awaited Truck Festival debut headlining the Thursday night to kickstart Truck 2025 in emphatic fashion. With a career that has always seen them push against boundaries and expectations, their catalogue of undeniable bangers feels ready-made to turn Truck into their own personal playground. With a very special set performing their revered debut album ‘Silent Alarm’ in full alongside their greatest hits (including the likes of ‘Flux’, ‘Mercury’, ‘Hunting For Witches’ and more) - Bloc Party finally takes to the Truck stage for a night that will live long in the memory.
Truck’s 2025 headliners lead a jam-packed lineup that combines unforgettable indie legends, THE bands who are defining the here and now and the buzzy favourites already carving a name for themselves as festival fans’ next favourite artist. No band has had a bigger breakthrough 2024 than The Last Dinner Party. Setting the world of music alight with their stunning debut album ‘Prelude To Ecstasy’, they sit as a band defining an entire generation with the sort of Main Stage show that’s ready to take over the globe. Prepare to witness a phenomenon front and centre when they head to Truck 2025. Also fresh from a huge 2024 is Stockport’s very own Blossoms. Strutting into their most glorious era to date with latest album ‘Gary’, they’ve emerged as one of the UK’s most inventive and thrilling bands - with the sort of catalogue born for festival stages. Equally as inventive as a pioneering band of UK indie history is Franz Ferdinand, whose twisted approach on art-rock has seen them beloved and celebrated across the globe. When Truck hears the likes of ‘Take Me Out’, ‘Do You Want To’, ‘The Dark Side Of The Matinee’ and ‘No You Girls’ amongst many others, it’s guaranteed to be a singalong like no other.
Truck has always been the festival weekend for bands coming to define the here and now to make that emphatic statement. Your Favourite Artists’ Favourite Festival - in 2025 the most exciting names leading the pack can be found in the heat of Hill Farm to celebrate a coming-together of music lovers. Whether it’s the powerhouse roar of Wunderhorse fresh from the release of acclaimed second album ‘Midas’ which has seen them rise to the biggest shows of their career, the Greatest Pop Star On The Planet (official) CMAT showcasing why she sits as a National Treasure on a global scale, the hotly-anticipated return of Hard Life (fka Easy Life) kicking down the door on what comes next, the riotous widescreen ambition of trailblazers Sports Team or the fingers-in-the-air pounds of the chart-topping Reytons - each corner of guitar music can be found here, creating their biggest memories to date that they’ll be talking about for years to come.
Think Truck is done? Think again. Try Newcastle’s own art-rock pioneers Maximo Park bringing their cavalcade of anthems to Oxfordshire for a high-energy singalong. Try the wizzings hooks and blistering breakdowns of breakouts Corella under stunning Truck skies. Try the anarchy and pandemonium that comes from the indescribable rush of Truck favourites Fat Dog live. Try the jukebox blending genius of indie saviour Alfie Templeman. Try the riot-soaked fury of one of the best live bands going right now in Lambrini Girls bringing their debut album to the festival in 2025. Try the beloved and acclaimed indie-disco spinners Lime Garden fresh from releasing one of THE albums of 2024. Hell, try the euphoric highs of Truck icons The Big Moon. Better yet, how about a special guest slot from the one and only Natasha Bedingfield bringing singalongs such as ‘Unwritten’, ‘These Words’, ‘I Bruise Easily’ and many more to Hill Farm for a feel-good highlight of the entire weekend. If you can think of it, Truck has it.
That includes Truck’s famed reputation as bringing together the most exciting new names turning the heads and ears of new music fans across the country and beyond. All gathered in one place, it’s an on-the-pulse coming together of the next wave of artists primed to break into playlists and soundtrack the years ahead. 2025 is no different. Luvcat. Chloe Slater. daydreamers. Cardinals. Moonchild Sanelly. Only The Poets. bby. Gurriers. Esme Emerson. Polly Money. Home Counties. She’s In Parties. TTSSFU. jasmine.4.t, Better Joy. If you’re a new music fan, Truck stands above with the names you’re buzzing to follow into their next exciting chapter. If you don’t know those names? Well welcome to a weekend of music discovery where finding your new favourite artist is guaranteed. You can thank Truck later.
Truck Festival boasts a frankly ridiculous line-up of every artist and every band you simply have to see right now - a capsule of everything shaking things up for a fresh new generation. Coming together in one place over one weekend, it makes Truck truly vital each and every year for a generation of music fans. Truck Festival shows once again why it’s THE only place to capture the sound of right now across one enthralling weekend.
With today’s names just a snapshot of the wider Truck 2025 picture, it marks a welcome return for one of the most beloved UK festivals around. With a leading reputation as the go-to destination for the best in new alternative music, Truck’s larger than life village vibe rings true. Perfect for all ages, it’s a moment once a year to gather within a like-minded community in love with the experience of being together for one special weekend. To open up a mosh-pit in awe of The Oxford Symphony Orchestra, clear away the cobwebs with a Sunday morning workout care of Mr Motivator or joining Shaun Williamson on stage for another epic round of Barrioke. To catch your next favourite artist revel in their finest gig to date before jumping into a ridiculous time at the Paint Party. To witness a huge headline moment with your friends before partying into the night. It all comes to life at your favourite artists’ favourite festival. Only at Truck.
Speaking about Truck Festival 2025, Festival Manager Lily Brimble and Head Of Marketing Sam Harris said:
“We are incredibly excited to reveal what we’ve been working on in Truck HQ with the first details of Truck 2025! Like a big coming together of our favourite bands, mates and every ridiculous idea we’ve chucked around the office - 2025 may just be our most complete Truck weekender to date. Whether it’s massive headline turns from Kasabian, Courteeners, FINALLY welcoming Bloc Party to Truck and playing host to Nothing But Thieves first-ever UK festival headline slot for their only UK show of the year or the ridiculously stacked bill of unmissable names we can’t wait to see such as Blossoms, The Last Dinner Party, Wunderhorse, Hard Life, The Big Moon, Sports Team, Corella, Luvcat, Only The Poets and Lambrini Girls amongst many others. We’ve been promised a serenade from CMAT too so all we’re missing now is all of you - the Truckers that make this weekend so special. With more surprises to come, including even more family programming and amazing new artists - shall we all meet up next July? Sounds good to us”.
After huge demand and with tickets going off-sale recently, the next opportunity for fans to book their spot at Truck Festival 2025 comes this week - with Limited Pre-Sale Tickets available from 6pm on Thursday 28th November. Available only to those signed-up in advance. Subject to availability, all remaining tickets will go on-sale for General Release from 10am on Friday 29th November. Tickets will be available from https://truckfestival.com/tickets/
Priced at only £150, it makes Truck Festival the best-value-festival of the summer. Ensuring that the UK Festival Experience is accessible to as many people as possible sits at the core of the Truck ethos, and with a jaw-dropping lineup and unforgettable atmosphere awaiting - it means Truck Festival 2025 is the festival ride just waiting for fans to hop on.